Luisa Gattone

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I'm an enthusiast supply chain professional. I love languages, the tech world and sustainability and how each can actually help the other to improve. The first place I look for in a city is the library, in nature it's a river. I always strive to understand how other people interpret what we say with our words and gestures, and I'm very careful to figure out what they are really trying to tell beyond the mere sound of their words.

Favourite quote: "He who is happy is right" (Lev Tolstoj)

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Short story dispensers are spreading in cities around the world

Short story dispensers are spreading in cities around the world

Thanks to Short Edition, a small French startup, eight short story distributors were installed in the city hall, train stations, tourism office and post offices in the southern French city of Grenoble at the end of 2015. Perfect to help people kill time without relying on ever-present smartphones and, instead, giving literature a chance. Depending on how much time you have, you choose the one,

Saving Lives at Birth, innovative ideas to fight mortality meet in a global contest

Saving Lives at Birth, innovative ideas to fight mortality meet in a global contest

53 promising ideas to defeat mortality were shared in the final stage of the this year’s Saving Lives at Birth Grand Challenge. All finalists met in Washington, DC between the 25th and 27th of July, learned from each other, interacted with potential collaborators, and participated in a number of discussion groups and one-on-one meetings. Engineers and entrepreneurs, scientists and students gathered for

People’s Climate Change March, protesters confront Trump on global warming

People’s Climate Change March, protesters confront Trump on global warming

Environmentalists and activists from all over the United States rallied on the 29th of April for the People’s Climate March in Washington DC and in sister marches organised throughout the nation. Last week, the country’s capital welcomed the March for Science and Earth Day rally but organisers say the People’s March was more overtly political, aimed

PFASs, what are the harmful chemicals contained in thousands of consumer products

PFASs, what are the harmful chemicals contained in thousands of consumer products

Many consumer products such as textiles and leather products, firefighting foams, cleaning products and pesticides contain PFASs (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), known in the United States as perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). Cookware, carpets, fabrics for furniture and even paper packaging for food also contain these chemicals. Used in manufacturing due to useful

What you need to know about food irradiation. How it works, where it’s used, advantages and disadvantages

What you need to know about food irradiation. How it works, where it’s used, advantages and disadvantages

Food irradiation involves exposing food to bursts of gamma rays, X-rays or electron beams to eliminate risks associated with microbial contamination, as well as to increase products’ shelf life. It has been used for many years in Asia, the United States and Europe (Netherlands, Belgium and France mostly), but it is not yet fully accepted by consumers and public opinion. A point

Unofficial US national parks Twitter gains 1 million followers to #ResistTrump

Unofficial US national parks Twitter gains 1 million followers to #ResistTrump

The unofficial US national parks Twitter account @AltNatParkSer was created on the 24th of January as an alternative to the official page of the National Park Service (NPS), the government agency entrusted with the care of the country’s protected areas. The objective is to resist newly-elected Donald Trump‘s backlash against former president Barack Obama’s action plan on climate change, including the removal